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    Recommend some good RTSs

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Thomas, Jun 17, 2008.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    I like playing RTSs, but I only have the laptop in my sig.
    I already play SC, Warcraft III, and AoEIII, any more good ones?
     
    Thomas, Jun 17, 2008
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  2. Jeff

    Jeff Notebook Retard

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    empire earth. hearts of iron 1,2 and expansions. aoe2, aoe1, stronghold series. patrician 3.
     
    Jeff, Jun 17, 2008
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  3. lozanogo

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    World in Conflict (may be too much for your system), Warhammer 40K: Warhammer (platinum edition).
     
    lozanogo, Jun 17, 2008
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  4. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    The Total War Series. Rome and Medieval 2 might be a tad rough on your computer, but the rest should run fine.

    Considering that's an integrated card, WIC seems like.... :D
     
    dtwn, Jun 17, 2008
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  5. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    Supreme Commander is a good one, and The Command and Conquer Decade (like 12 games) is out for like $50 now... :)
     
    shoelace_510, Jun 17, 2008
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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    C&C3: Tiberium Wars is my personal favourite.
    Starcraft II will be coming out sometime soon.
     
    Bog, Jun 17, 2008
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  7. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    People, this is his laptop specs
    AMD Turion MK-36|
    1GB DDR2|
    256MB ATI Radeon Xpress 1150|
    60GB 5400RPM SATA HDD|
     
    dtwn, Jun 17, 2008
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  8. Jeff

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    hahaha i thought it was a competition to find the most gpu intensive rts game :D :D :D
     
    Jeff, Jun 17, 2008
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  9. Thomas

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    Ya, and?
    Most of these games, from looking it up, run on my system.
    But the others are hilarious :D
     
    Thomas, Jun 17, 2008
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  10. Chris27

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    civilization iv is awesome if you want to try a TBS
     
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  11. Thomas

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    TBS?
    Any reviews of Civilization out there?
     
    Thomas, Jun 17, 2008
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  12. dtwn

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    turn based strategy.
     
    dtwn, Jun 17, 2008
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  13. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    Yeah you should be able to play pretty much any TBS out there... (at least the ones I have seen lol)
     
    shoelace_510, Jun 17, 2008
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  14. Jeff

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    well civ4 requires a half decent gpu i think. you should play it on low settings fine though. the medieval series is half turn based as well.
     
    Jeff, Jun 17, 2008
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  15. Rnewman612

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    company of heroes is a great game. but i dont think u could run it... how about rise of nations?
     
    Rnewman612, Jun 17, 2008
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    You might be able to pull off C&C3 at low settings.
     
    venkol, Jun 18, 2008
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  17. lunateck

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    If you have a console, i recommend you Civilization: Revolution.. it's quite nice..
     
    lunateck, Jun 18, 2008
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  18. Iceman0124

    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    Star wars empire at war is loads of fun, its not a perfect RTS, and the land battles get stale quick, but the space battles are awesome, plus there are some great 3rd party mods floating around. It should run okay on your system, it ran lowest settings on an ancient p3 notebook with a radeon 7k 32mb chip, and on low res/ highish setting with a mobile x300, and pretty much maxed out with a GF GO 7400

    Theres also a demo if you want a test drive

    http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swempireatwar/indexFlash.html
     
    Iceman0124, Jun 18, 2008
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    Homeworld and homeworld 2 are really worth checking out too. I wanted to like sins, but i just couldnt get into it.
     
    Iceman0124, Jun 18, 2008
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    Another vote for Company of Heroes
     
    Mide, Jun 18, 2008
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    Ground control 1 and 2 should be okay. I used to play them with my old Samsung P28 that had an integrated ATi 9000 gpu.
     
    andygb40, Jun 18, 2008
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    With that GPU I second the homeworld series and Warcraft 3 if it hasn't already been mentioned.
     
    Harleyquin07, Jun 18, 2008
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    C&C Generals / Zero Hour
    C&C 3
    Empire Earth
    Company of Heroes with lowest detail
    Warhammer 40K

    TBS:
    Civ 3
    Civ 4 (GPU restrictive tho)
    Galactic Civilizations 2
     
    HTWingNut, Jun 18, 2008
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    Age of Mythology + The Titans Expansion. Very nice game. It's like an Age of Empire but with mythical units.
     
    alber, Jun 18, 2008
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    C&c3... Shadow Team Ftw!
     
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    Once again! He only have a X1150 GPU

    Command and Conquer General and Zero hours should run.
     
    Wiz33, Jun 18, 2008
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    Sins of a Solar Empire, Supreme Commander (or Total Annihialtion + expansions (not Kingdoms) if your system can't run SupCom on low). Of course the classics, C&C, Total War, Empire Earth (especially if you like AoE), Rise of Nations... and maybe tycoon/sim games, Railroad Tycoon II, Sid Meir's Railroads, SimCity...and yeah, turn based, Civilzation, GalCiv. Then there are the quirky fun ones like Political Machine...
     
    sirmetman, Jun 18, 2008
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